Fence



(No Model.)

r N. KNAUB.

FENCE.

No. 814,184. Patented Mar. 17, 1885.

INVENTOR W 140.0%

M 3" ATTORNEYS Warren STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NORMAN KNAUB, OF PRINCETON, INDlANA.

FENCE.

.TJPECEFLC-ATIOI-ll farming part. of Letters Patent No. 314,184, datedMarch 17, 1885.

Application filed Sepicn1brr22, 1:584. (No model.)

1'0 all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NORMAN KNAUB, a citizen of the United States,residing at Prince ton, in the county of Gibson and State of In diana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference markedthereon,which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side view of -my fence. Fig. 2 is a'cross-sectional view of the same, and Fi 3 is a detail perspective view.

This invention has relation to portable fences;

and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of devices, asherei nat'ter set f0 rth, and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, the letters A A designate thefence-panels, and B the connecting and staying support.

Each panel consists of the wooden base-rail O, the uprights D, the upperlongitudinal brace-rail, E, the longitudinal panel-wires f, and thecap-wire g. The baserail and the brace-rail extend at each end beyondthe uprights sufficiently to lap, and the brace-rails are notched in theunder side of the extensions h, as shown at 70. Each panel has threeuprights, the middle upright being on the opposite side from those atthe ends, and in alternate panels the end uprights are arranged onopposite sides, so that when the rail-extensions are lapped they willfit close together.

The support B consists of a transverse footbar, L, which is centrallynotched at m, and the brace-wire w, the ends of which are secured to theends of. the foot-bar. The mid- I dle portion of this brace-wire is bentin the form of a rcctangularloop, 11, extending downward from thecrossing portionss of the arms,

which then extend obliquely downward and outward to their points offastening to the transverse foot-bar. portion, a, of the loop is single,while the up per transverse port-ion of said loop is double, two wirespassing each other in its formation, as shown at a. This loop is ofsufficient size to receive the extensions h of the brace-rails,

'which are lapped therein when the fence is set up, the base-rails beingalso lapped and seated in the central notch, in, of the transversefootbar.

The parts are then secured in position and firmly connected by drivingthe small wedge 2 under the doubled portion of the loop '0, between thesame and the lapped brace-rails.

The cap-wire 9, attached to the upper ends of the portions of theuprights which project above the brace rai'hserves to strengthen theseprojecting portions and to protect the braceraii, upon which thesecurity of the fence mainly depends.

Having described this invention, what I claim, aml desire to secure byLetters Patent,

The combination, with the panel base-rails and under-notched bracerailshaving lapping extensions, of the bracing support consisting of thetransverse foot and wire stay bent in rectangular loop form at o, andthe fasteningwedge 2, adapted to be inserted in the loop to draw thesame into engagement with the bracerail notches, substantially asspecified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of'two witnesses.

NORMAN KNAUB.

\Vitnesses:

GEORGE FENTRISS, J. C. DEAN.

The under transverse-

